Uiwang City Holds Community Welfare Coordination Council Business Briefing

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City held a 2021 community welfare coordination council business briefing at City Hall on the 4th.

The briefing was attended by Mayor Kim Sang-don of Uiwang City, co-chairpersons from the public and private sectors representing six districts, and 40 executives.

The agenda included a report on 2020 project implementation results and settlement accounts, a 2021 project plan and budget report, a plan to establish a 2021 Uiwang City neighborhood welfare plan, and information on exemplary neighborhood welfare plan cases from other districts.

To enhance the capacity of community welfare coordination council members, participants received explanations on the implementation process, roles of implementing entities, and major achievements of the ‘Dong Welfare University’ — Seoul's resident-led neighborhood welfare planning process — from Lee Chul-ho, an instructor at the Seoul Welfare Foundation, followed by a question-and-answer session.

Mayor Kim Sang-don said, “Despite the difficult times due to COVID-19, we have achieved remarkable results with 7,400 people participating in donations to the 1004 Sharing initiative that began in 2016, bringing cumulative donations to approximately 630 million won,” adding, “I hope that through the operation of pilot neighborhoods in this year's neighborhood welfare plan, welfare agendas that residents can address independently at the district level will be identified.”

Meanwhile, Uiwang City announced that it will conduct capacity-building training and welfare agenda discovery workshops for neighborhood welfare planning teams, establish neighborhood welfare plans at the district level, and gradually expand to all six districts based on the results of pilot operations.